Food review
Belle époque on a plate
The Goring offers a level of enchantment seldom found in the environs of Victoria Station
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
100 per cent marvellous
Enjoying a simple but stylish lunch at the Polizzi Collection’s latest hotel in East Sussex
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Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Good news for the rule of law
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The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived